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H. R. SMITH.

HORSE POWER.

No. 318,518. Patented May 26, 1885.

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HRSE-POWER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 318,518, dated May 26, 1885.

Application filed February 9,1835. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, HEMAN It. SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing in Attica, in the county of TWyoming and State of vNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Powers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide the means for hoisting hay or other articles, whereby a saving of time and labor is effected, all or" which will befully and clearly hereinafter shown, described, and claimed, by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan or top view. Fig. 2 is a section through a portion of the mechanism in line X X, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section through the hub and a portion of the arms of the wheel, &c., and Fig. 4 represents a side elevation of the machine complete.

My invention is designed for saving the work of the horse as much as possible by avoiding the necessity of backing after the load has been hoisted.

In said drawings, a represents a horizontal wheel placed upon a vertical pin, a. This pin a is rigidly secured to the supportingframe a? by countersunk-head screws, or by other well-known means. The hub a3 is usually made of cast-iron, and wooden arms a* inserted in the sockets a5 (see Fig. 3) and held in place by the rim of the wheel or pulley. The arms o* are secured at the outer ends by bolts or screws to the rims b Z1. The ends ofthe arms corne to within about two inches of the periphery of the wheel, and between them are one or more blocks, b2, (shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) or the blocks may be arranged so so as to iill the space between the arms, as shown in Fig. 4. The object being to leave a groove around the periphery of the wheel sufficiently large for the rope to lie in. b3 represents shields for keeping the rope in place in the groove around the wheel, and also for holding the friction-rollers btlfor keeping the wheel a in a horizontal position.

The bar b5, to which the horse is attached, is mounted on the pin c'. On top of it is placed a washer, c, a spiral spring, c, and a washer, c, the whole being secured by a pin, c3.

cJt is a trip-arm hinged to the arm or bar b5 by a hinge, c5, made in any well-known way.

d represents the automatic trip,fsecured to the bar b5 in bearings d', and to the trip-arm by a staple, dt', on said arm. (See Fig. l.) The front end of the automatic trip is provided with an arm having a hook, b, to which is attached a whiiiletree, IL.

The tripping-bar c4 is provided with a downwardly-projecting piece, d, which catches against either of the arms ai so that when thus engaged the wheel may be made to turn in the direction of the arrow Y until the tripping-bar is lifted up, which draws the part dS up away from the wheel a. The cord or rope d* for operating the hand-trip is connected to it by a staple, d5. It runs from the trippingbar c* up and through an eye in the vertical bar e, and from thence to the post e', through a staple, e?, (or overasniall pulley,) and passes down far enough so as to be conveniently reached by the hand.

The wheel c is provided with a rope or cable, e. It is made fast to the wheel, and from thence runs through an opening, e", in one of the angle plates or shields b3, (see Fig. 2,) then to and under a grooved pulley, e5. From that it passes up to and over the pulley f, and down to and under the pulley f. From thence it passes up, and is well secured at the top f ofthe post-f, or to some other convenient point of support.

To the pulley f is connected, in the usual way, a hook, f4, to which a hay-fork or other equivalent device may be connected.

To the rope d* is connected a swivel, g', so as to allow the rope to turn at that point, and thereby prevent it from twisting during the operation of the wheel a.

The operation of the invention is as follows: The horseis connected, in the usual way, either to the whiiiletree-hooks g, or to either of the hooks g or g4, and by moving in the direction of the arrow V the rope e3 is wound around the wheel a, thereby drawing the hook f4 upward, and any load that may be connected to it. After the load is thus drawn up to the point desired, it is taken oft from the hookf, thereby taking the tension oii from the rope.

The horse isrnow stopped, and if the autmatic trip is used the weight of the whiffletree drops it down and lifts the tripping-arm c4, which disengages the part d3, thereby releasing the wheel, so that by pulling on the cord g5 (after the load has been taken off) the pulley and hook f4 may be drawn down to receive anotherload. During this operation the wheel a is turned backward and the rope unwinds from it. This operation avoids the necessity of the horse walking backward while the hook f4 is being drawn down, and it is much easier to operate than it would be to drag the rope along the ground while pulling down the hook f* in the usual way. When the automatic trip is not used, the hand-trip' may be operated by pulling at the lower end or handle, f5, of the cord (1*. The effect of this would also be to lift the part d3 and disengage it from the wheel a. If, as sometimes happens,abad horse is used, and it is necessary for a driver to follow him, the tripping-bar cl may be lifted by the handle g. Y

The object of the spiral spring c is to prevent (by the friction it causes) the wheel a from turning backward too easily; but sometimes this may not be required.

When the device isused for raising hay, Src., in a barn, the post e may represent the side of a barn, in which case the pulleyf and hook f4, Src., would be inside of the barn.

In place ofthe arms at, upwardly-proj ecting teeth 'may be used to engagedwith the part d.

I claim as my invention l. In ahorse-power, ahorizontal wheel provided with a rope, es, arms a", to engage with a tripping-bar, and shields b3, provided with friction-rollers b4, for keeping the rope in place and the wheel in a horizontal position, in conibinationvwith a bar or arm, b5, having hooks g or g, and provided with a trippingarm, 0*, having a bar, d, for the purposes described.

2. In thecombination above specified, the pivoted bar d, connected with the trippingarm and having a hook for connecting with a whifiietree for operating the tripping device automatically by the weight of the whiffletree.

.y In the combination hereinbefore described,"v the hand tripping-lever adapted to be operated by hand near the horse, substan- HEBIAN R. SMITH.

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